South Korean lawmaker from the ruling People Power Party (PPP) Bae Hyun-jin was received a blow to the head today in the middle of the street and was hospitalized with minor injuries, in a new incident of violence against politicians in the Asian country.

Bae was walking around 5:00 p.m. local time this Thursday in Gangnam when another pedestrian approached her, recognized her name, and He hit her on the back of the head with a fist-sized rock, according to the plot of politics.

The parliamentarian suffered bleeding and was hospitalized at Soonchunhyang University Medical Center. His injuries are not considered serious. according to his department.

Police arrested a man as the alleged perpetrator of the attack near the scene of the incident.

Bae, 40, is a former television presenter who was elected as a representative to the National Assembly in 2020. He was the representative of the current South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol. after winning the 2022 elections.

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The incident occurred three weeks after South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae Myung was stabbed in the neck. a man at a public event, an attack for which he had to be rushed to hospital and then flown by helicopter to the South Korean capital for jugular vein repair.

(according to information from EFE And Europe Press)